Because It’s Friday – Tapputi-belat-ekalle

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I have a history of science lesson for today’s “Because It’s Friday”. Roberta Angioi – a Postdoctoral Researcher in Analytical Chemistry, Dublin City University – has an article on The Conversation discussing Tapputi-belat-ekalle, who was probably the worlds first documented chemist – she was formulating perfumes 3000 years ago, in …